剣

iron sword

fencing; kendo

kendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)

sword possessing mystical powers; virtuous sword

stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands

wearing a sword

sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period

fixing a bayonet

sharp sword

sword that cuts iron

life-taking sword; sword used to kill

Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi (sword; one of the three Imperial regalia); Ame-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi

serious relationship (esp. one with the prospect of marriage)

life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)

sole sword; unarmed but for a sword

Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword

bronze sword

steep; precipitous

sword of Damocles

Proverb; From the English saying

the pen is mightier than the sword

Western sword (esp. sabre)

unpropitious direction

ancient longsword

bayonet drill